Reuters: Embattled Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is receiving words of support from some unlikely places as he faces deadly protests calling for him to step down. South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011 following decades of brutal fighting marked by the mass abduction and enslavement of children, scorched earth ethnic cleansing and famines. Yet…
Reuters: Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has been arrested, a source told Reuters on Thursday. “We can confirm a 64-year-old man has been arrested and charged and a report has been sent to the procurator fiscal. Proceedings are now live under the contempt of court act,” said Police Scotland when asked about the reports….
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on cooperation among the Asia-Pacific nations, especially among neighbours, to combat natural calamities, describing it as very important to face damage of greater magnitude, reports BSS. “Collaboration among the nations of Asia and the Pacific region, especially among neighbours, is very important in…
Abrar Hussain of DOT An extreme heatwave in Australia has led to the deaths of more than 90 wild horses in the outback, authorities confirmed yesterday. Rangers found dead and dying animals in a dried-up waterhole near Alice Springs in Northern Territory last week. About 40 of the animals had already died from dehydration and…
ChannelNewsAsia: Cambodia’s strongman premier Hun Sen on Thursday (Jan 24) called on his country’s military to “destroy” opponents if the government comes under threat, in a tirade in which he described himself as the “the one who steers the wheel” of the army. The 66-year-old premier has in recent weeks turned up the rhetoric against…
Arafat Hasan of DOT : The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Indonesia jumped to 26, a disaster agency official revealed yesterday after rescuers race to find still-missing victims. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes when heavy rain and strong winds pounded the southern part of Sulawesi island, flooding rivers that burst…
Channelnewsasia: A gunman killed five people in a bank in central Florida on Wednesday (Jan 23) and then called police to inform them of the shooting before he eventually surrendered, local authorities said. The shooting occurred at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, a town of about 10,000 people 153km south of Orlando, around 12.30pm…
UNB: Preparations are going on in full swing for Bangladesh’s biggest literary festival, the month-long ‘Amar Ekushey Boimela’, scheduled to begin on February 1 at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan and Bangla Academy premises. “This year’s fair will be bigger than ever before and have a more reader-friendly atmosphere,” said poet Habibullah Siraji, the director general…
BDnews24: The charges were submitted to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court on Thursday, sixteen days after the children were found dead. Police had arrested ceramics worker Golam Mostofa and his cousin Azizul Baowani by conducting raids at Jatrabari and Demra a day after the bodies were discovered. The two are facing charges for murder,…
DOT Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation today highlighting her government’s mission and vision to ensure the country’s overall peace and progress, reports The Daily Star. The PM’s speech will simultaneously be broadcast by Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar as well as private TV channels and radio stations around 7:30pm, said an official…